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When you are hosting two presidents of the United States in your luxury suite, the thorny question is, “Whom else do I invite?” When President George W. Bush and President Bill Clinton arrived in Gene and Jerry Jones’ box at AT&T Stadium for Monday night’s NCAA championship game, they found a pleasant mix of friends, Jones’ extended family, famous athletes and the occasional billionaire passing through.

But it is interesting to note that, while watching basketball, the company that Presidents 42 and 43 sought out was each other’s. Jerry Jones served as a buffer on Clinton’s right flank while Laura Bush and Gene Jones covered Bush’s left.

A lot has been made of the crowd’s boos at Saturday night’s semifinals. Jerry took some boos as did Johnny Manziel. But as Clinton and Bush were introduced, the crowd seemed to revel in the bipartisan moment. There was not a boo to be heard.

The two former commanders-in-chief sat on the second row with Cowboys in front and behind.

Sitting directly in front of Clinton and Bush was Tony Romo and his wife, Candice. Filling out the first row was DeMarco Murray, Jason Witten and his wife, Michelle.

Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett and his wife, Brill, were placed in the third row directly behind Bush and Clinton and adjacent to Jerry’s partner in pizza, Papa John’s founder John Schnatter and his wife, Annette.

At halftime, there were lots of laughing among fellow invitees like Sandy and Michael Irvin.

The Blue Baron mansion sits across a private lake from the home of art collectors Cindy and Howard Rachofsky

The massive Preston Hollow estate of attorney Lisa Blue Baron is about to hit the market as its owner packs up and prepares to relocate to Washington, D.C.

Situated on a private lake, the Blue Baron mansion was designed by Robert A.M. Stern, the same architect as the George W. Bush Presidential Center. The house measures more than 15,000 square feet. Back when Bill Clinton was president, traffic would be stopped on the Tollway, as he made his way from Air Force One at Love Field to the Baron mansion.

For years, national and local Democratic candidates have made pilgrimages to the home for the political fund-raisers there.

“I am moving to Washington, D.C. to do politics,” Baron says. She reports that she will head the American Association for Justice (formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America). “In July, I will be sworn in as president,” she says. “I haven’t decided whether I will come back to Dallas, but it is very open and likely that I will.”

Agent Erin Mathews, with the Mathews-Nichols Group at Allie Beth Allman, will list the property.

How much?

Baron does not have a figure yet. “I will wait for Erin to tell me her recommendation.”

The Dallas Central Appraisal District values the home at a smidgeon under $15 million.

Rev. Mark Craig will not go directly to the rocking chair when he gives his last sermon on April 21 and retires as senior pastor at Highland Park United Methodist Church. That’s because former President George W. Bush, one his parishioner, has asked for Craig’s help with a little event.

On April 25, Craig will give a prayer at the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center. Among those expected for the opening: President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle; as well as former presidents George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara; Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary; and Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn.

Recent history is tough to pull off: events require perspective before they can be analyzed, and perspective requires time. American Experience’s Clinton, a four-hour documentary airing Monday at 8 p.m. and Tuesday at 7 p.m. on KERA-TV (Ch. 13) and other national PBS affiliates, proves up to the task despite the fact that its subject has been out of office only twelve years.Continue reading →